Tiara

“Many a choice is made this way: By pretending it makes itself.”
― Laini Taylor, Muse of Nightmares

“And it was not darkness, but light—light, bright and pure as the sun on snow, that erupted from Asterin.
Light, as Asterin made the Yielding.
As the Thirteen, their broken bodies scattered around the tower in a near-circle, made the Yielding as well.
Light. They all burned with it. Radiated it.
Light that flowed from their souls, their fierce hearts as they gave themselves over to that power. Became incandescent with it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“The days without difficulty are the days you do not improve.”
― Evan Winter, The Rage of Dragons

“"You see that, my Zosia?" he had asked. "That is the devil. When a man cannot see a person as a person, then the devil has slipped into him and is peering out of his eyes."”
― Roshani Chokshi, The Silvered Serpents